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It was formed slightly over 66 million years ago when an asteroid, about ten kilometers (six miles) in diameter, struck Earth. The crater is estimated to be 200 kilometers (120 miles) in diameter and 20 kilometers (12 miles) in depth.
30 mar 1991 · A remote riverbed in Mexico has yielded the most compelling evidence yet that a comet or asteroid struck the Caribbean region 65 million years ago. The object would have triggered a...
A crater at the edge of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico was created by a massive asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago
The buried crater, over 90 miles in diameter, was created when a massive asteroid struck the planet 66 million years ago and brought a calamitous end to the reign of dinosaurs.
15 lut 2021 · New theory explains possible origin of plummeting Chicxulub impactor that struck off Mexico. It was tens of miles wide and forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago.
5 sty 2023 · The scientific community estimates the object that created the Chicxulub crater was a whopping 8.7 miles (14 kilometers) in diameter when it hit the Gulf of Mexico. According to a 2022 study, that airstrike set off one heck of a tsunami.
25 paź 2018 · This is the feature that is now buried under sediments in the Gulf of Mexico, close to the port of Chicxulub.
